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Franco de Gemini

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Sat, 02/08/2020 - 16:27
Fred Flint
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In the opening of the movie Once Upon a Time in the West, within the first minute, it sounds to me almost like Franco rattle the reeds.

Does anyone know what he does, and/or how he does it?

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Mon, 02/10/2020 - 16:03
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Expert Winslow Yerxa
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Half-slide

he's using a chromatic and has the slide halfway in so youre hearing two reeds that are tuned a semitone apart, one reed from the key of C reed bank, and one form the key of C# reed bank. 

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Thu, 02/13/2020 - 08:30
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Thank You

Thank You, Winslow.

I've been fascinated with that harmonica riff since I first saw the movie in 1970.

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